A new jacana (Aves: Jacanidae) from the Early Miocene of the Czech Republic

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 328, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-123

  Mlíkovský, Jiří ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aves; Czech Republic; Early Miocene; Jacanidae

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; SHOREBIRD;

CZECH REPUBLIC; DOLNICE;

AVES; JACANA; JACANIDAE;

EID: 0032955199     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(99)80007-X     Document Type: Article

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